The Essence of Astrology and the Eightfold Division of Horoscopy

One should multiply by the previously mentioned multipliers for the planets and the zodiac signs in the same manner as before. Having separately converted the planetary sum the total numerical values associated with the planets and the zodiacal sum the values associated with the signs into units, one should multiply them. Divide the result by twenty-seven (27) representing the 27 Nakshatras or lunar mansions; the quotient obtained is the total collective lifespan. Multiply the remainder by twelve and so on, and divide by twenty-seven (27) to obtain the months, days, ghatikas, palas, and vipalas traditional units of time where 1 ghatika is 24 minutes of the collective lifespan. If that lifespan total exceeds one hundred, the amount exceeding one hundred should be discarded; if it is less than one hundred, it should be
V. P. No. 7 kept as it is. Then, having totaled that sum and dividing it by the variable factor of 32, the resulting units are called the "Collective Lifespan." This indeed is the "Clear Lifespan" born from the Collective Ashtakavarga this is the seventh process || 7 ||. Now, the method for calculating the "Collective Ashtakavarga Periods" Dashas: planetary periods that rule over specific portions of a person's life from the Clear Lifespan born of the Collective Ashtakavarga is as follows:
The periods of the planetary sums from the Ashtakavarga should be combined and converted into ghatikas time units and set aside to serve as the divisor. In the same way, the Clear Lifespan born of the Collective Ashtakavarga should be converted into days and further units. Then, using the ghatikas of the Clear Lifespan born of the Collective Ashtakavarga, the individual Ashtakavarga...